In order for new learning to happen, you often have to clear out and challenge beliefs and preconceived notion. One very interesting way to do this is a pre-test. I found this one which is really good. The trick here is to forgot about the topic but rather see how the simple test challenges your beliefs and that you may know this already.

Science is good at a lot of things. Predictions aren’t one of them. It’s still hard to pick a winning horse at the track. But this is just my observation so I did a little homework. Here’s an interesting article about the quality of scientific predictions. Try not to get caught up on what the prediction is about. That’s not the point. It’s about the ability to predict. Also I’m not talking about the ability to predict what happens when you mix two chemicals. I’m talking about predicting what will happen in a complex system like real life.

I know this blog is about learning so here’s the point. This isn’t a post about global warming or polution but how believes about things get in the way of learning something new. I just read an article that shows the research behind the claim that a Hummer is better for the environment that a Prius. Most of the environmental damage of a Prius happens during the manufacturing especially in the manufacture of the battery. Here’s the article; http://www.katu.com/news/7561002.html

So if we didn’t have three feet of snow on the ground and it wasn’t freezing I’d say a bicycle is still a good bet.

I found this to be both an interesting article and website. I really haven’t read much Russian press before. I’m going to let the article stand for itself with no comment. I’ll leave that up to you. A Cold Spell

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